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35047Gloucester n. d. Ca late 1800s / early 1900s. Red cloth spine over black printed red paper boards. General edgewear. A VG copy of an uncommon view book. 1 page of text on rfep primarily an advert for The Misses Massey. 13 b/w views on 12 panels folded accordion style. 5-5/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> hardcover books
18639071London: C.W. Reynell 1863. 8vo. 110 xv 1 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2ENG2934. Removed from a nonce volume sewing mostly gone. Edges brittle with occasional tears; one page with institutional stamp. C.W. Reynell unknown books
1712WRCLIT65909London: Printed by W. Bowyer for J. Morphew . 1712. 32pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Ink annotations in top margin of title "27 Septemb." in early manuscript after publication date in imprint else very good. First edition of this unsigned response to John Turner's DEFENCE . ESTC locates two copies in North America: UT and Cal. State. ESTC T79473. Printed by W. Bowyer, for J. Morphew ... unknown books
2012148503Lancaster Pennsylvania: Classical Numismatic Group Inc 2012. Hardcover. Fine but with light back cover rubbing. Grey boards with coin illustrations and white lettering. 415 pp. with 1000 coins pictured in multiple views. Catalogue from the auction of January 3 2012 in New York. With a note from the collector a historical introduction and a map followed by the order of sale in numerical/geographic order and the actual catalogue. Very good visuals and annotations. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc hardcover books
6379018. NEW ENGLAND TRACT SOCIETY. THE COTTAGER'S WIFE. A narrtive written by a clergyman of the Church of England. Taken with some omissions from the Christian Observer. Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould 1815. Tract No. 63. First edition. 24 pp. Bound with: THE HAPPY NEGRO. Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould 1814. Tract No. 7. First edition. 8 pp. Bound with: A SERIOUS ADDRESS TO CHILDREN & YOUTH relating to the great and necessary Duty of Prayer. By I. Watts D.D. Tract No. 29. 4 pp. Contemporary binding; the three tracts are side sewn in a plain paper wrapper. 36 pp. total. Early ink ownership of Octavia Parks. Wrappers and pamphlets are lightly foxed and heavily edgeworn with creasing to bottom fore-corner of text leaves in the first two tracts nos. 63 & 7. Insect damage to wrappers and the leaves which immediately follow or precede them. The final tract no. 29 has been trimmed to a smaller size and lacks the colophon. Three tracts bound as one; condition is very good overall. unknown books
198220404Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema 1982. Cloth. Very Good. x 2 421-996 pages. Publisher's cloth. Volume 2 of the proceedings ONLY. A sound working copy. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cloth. A. A. Balkema unknown books
1862914New York: Root Anthony & Co. 1862. 8vo. 62 2 blank pp. <br><br>In 1862 "a large and influential meeting of citizens of New England resident in New York" was held "with the purpose of making arrangements to provide for proper attention to the sick and wounded soldiers as they shall from time to time pass through New York on their return from the seat of war to their homes." Here are the minutes of the 1862 meetings as well as a list of contributors. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 52747. Very good in printed paper wrappers slightly creased. Root, Anthony & Co. unknown books
18912287Providence RI 1891. Cards. Cream illustrated cards paper illustrated menu. Very good. 16.5 x 11. 5 cm. Lunch & Dinner menu. Lunch featured Lobster Salad & Stewed Calf's Liver with Wine Sauce. Dinner featured Chowder Baked Mackerel with Tomato Sauce Fried Eels - Jewish style Saratoga Chips Clam Fritters Soft Shell Crabs Quahogs Indian Pudding Ice Cream Watermelon & Peaches and Ponham Spring Water. Also noted the 1891 Executive Committee and the Providence Warren & Bristol Train schedules. <br /> <br />A private club with a membership of 200 shareholders opened in 1867 as a place for gentlemen to network over shore dinners of lobster steamed clams corn and potatoes. The club grounds included a ball field miniature clock and obstacle golf courses bowling alleys and it's own wharf. This area in Providence known as "Riverside" hosted the Crescent Park Amusement Park known as the "Coney Island of the East". Along the Providence River west of the club is the Ponham Lighthouse which is still standing today. The club closed in 1954 and the property was redeveloped for condominiums in the 1980's. Menu cards expertly repaired. Some light toning and foxing. <br/><br/> unknown books
18596376Boston: Albert Colby and Company no. 20 Washington Street 1859. Small octavo 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 300 12 pages. FIRST EDITION. The publisher's advertisement refers to the anonymous journalist as ".one of the most popular editors in New England". Chapters on wine and spirits tea and coffee recipes for 'domestic liquors' the 'unconstitutionality of prohibition' etc. Some staining to edges of first few leaves; light foxing otherwise clean and sound. In publisher's blind-stamped gilt-titled brown cloth. OCLC locates thirty-seven copies. Albert Colby and Company, no. 20 Washington Street hardcover books
1711179130London: Printed for John Morphew 1711. 31p. disbound 7.8x4.8 inch textblock enclosed in makeshift 19thC wrapper; ex libris with unobtrusive institutional blindstamp overprinted with tiny withdrawn stamp. Wrapper is split and nearly detached. Good copy. Author addresses the King throughout appears to encourage a livelier censorship of texts deemed irreligious. Printed for John Morphew unknown books
176712502London: Printed by Mark Baskett Printer to the King. and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. 1 title pp 859-860 as issued disbound. Tanned scattered light stains about Good. Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King.... and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett unknown books
173916501London: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King. 1739. pp. 551-556 plus title as issued folio disbound. Lightly tanned Very Good. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King... unknown books
177012506London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan Printers to the King. 1770. 1 title 315-316 pp as issued disbound. Two small tears no text loss stains Good. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King... unknown books
291857West Bromwich: Eld & Blackham. hardcover. very good. Many illustrations including black-and-white photographs and full page color lithographic plates. viii 648 pages thick 4to gilt-stamped and decorated red cloth a.e.g; front flyleaf lacking spine ends mended few spots of soiling to cover. West Bromwich: Eld & Blackham ca. 1885. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Eld & Blackham unknown books
1754848231754. ENGLAND - HISTORY By the author of The History of Prince Eugene. THE HISTORY OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH PRINCE OF MINDELHEIM CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIRES OF HER BRITTANICK MAJESTY AND THE STATES OF THE UNITED PROVINCES KNIGHT AND MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE &C. . n.p. n.p. 1754. 4 347 pp. 9 pp. Index. 4 pp. B-Hh6 Ii4. Complete but for missing front flyleaf. 12mo. full calf with raised bands gilt spine rules and ornaments gilt red morocco spine label. Leather worn chipped 1 inch at top of front joint. Joints cracked. Ink and pencil notes to front pastedown and title page. Foxing throughout. P. 89-90 with closed horizontal tear no loss. Several other pages have closed tears in the margins. Fair to good as is. unknown books
198015592Malta: M. R. S. M. Ltd. Near Fine. 1980. Paperback. First edition paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . M. R. S. M. Ltd. paperback books
197589685London: Published for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society 1975. Paperback. Near Fine. illustrations xix 373p. plus 39 plates printed on one side on plain paper. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Fading on backstrip and adjacent ares of front cover. Consists almost entirely of communications/papers each restricted to 6 pages of typescript in English French German and Spanish. Graeco-Roman Memoirs No. 61. <br/><br/> Published for the British Academy by the Egypt Exploration Society paperback books
1901WRCLIT27253Westminster: Constable 1901. Folio. Parchment backed gilt boards t.e.g. Portrait and facsimiles. First edition edited from the manuscript by Robert S. Rait. One of 275 numbered copies. Endsheets quite tanned light dust soiling and bumping to boards else a good copy. Twelve of the nineteen poems in the ms. were hitherto unpublished. Constable hardcover books
189840799Harborne England: Johnson Bros. published in the Printing Department of Chad Valley Works 1898. 8vo 21.5 cm 8.5". 40 pp. illus. <br><br>Pages 8 through 31 "hype" the games panoramas and dioramas and gift books available from the Johnsons while pages 32 through 40 list other products such as flushable toilet paper date stampers brush racks family printing devices etc. A relatively simple price list fills pages 4 through 7 but the display pages offer => half- to full-page green-printed illustrations of the firm's eye-filling book covers game pieces and box-tops "moving" and "illuminated' panoramas etc. Original textured cream-colored wrappers printed in green and red; paper of wrappers starting at head and foot of spine with staples offsetting to covers and first/last leaves. => Interior clean and very very nice. Johnson Bros. [published in the Printing Department of Chad Valley Works] unknown books
1849183078Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1849. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn. Spine has been tape repaired original gilt spine is gone. . Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 417 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. This one has a tight bind but unfortunately has lost it's original spine lessening it's shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1853183142Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1853. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn - starting to split. Spine has is torn at center and chipped but intact could be repaired. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society.Spine has been damaged but could repaired. Has shelf appeal especially if repaired. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1852183143Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1852. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn - starting to split at hinges. Spine and covers are detached from text blocks but could be repaired. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 402 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society.Spine has been damaged but could repaired. Has shelf appeal especially if repaired. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1855183160Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1855. Hardcover. G back cover is missing; front cover is becoming detached. . Spine has tears and frayed at top but has faded lightly. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and warping. Some back pages have chipping and tears on edge. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The price decrease reflects the condition of the covers and spine - but is a candidate for re-bind. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1859183159Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1859. Hardcover. G covers show heavier wear. Spine has tears and frayed and is missing sections at top and in middle. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and warping. Title page is torn at bottom right corner - does not affect text. Some back pages have chipping and tears on edge. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The price decrease reflects the condition of the covers and spine - but is a candidate for re-bind. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
012827Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. 3d Edition. 1980-1981. 4 vols. original stiff wrappers. Contents: v. 1 Genealogies A-J compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 2 Genealogies compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 3 Local histories New England New York compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 4 North American and British genealogical sources and histories compiled by Barry W. Seaver; edited by Julia A. Hunter. New England Historic Genealogical Society unknown books
